Thursday, February 4, 2010

These cards are great to send separately or as a pair; one for the man and another for the woman. They are perfect for any occasion, just change the style of the clothes! Make them with patterned paper to lighten the mood a bit or dress them up more as a tux and wedding dress! The possibilities are endless. They are standard card size, 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".

I had so much fun making the baby cards I thought I should do a Daddy card too! You can't tell from the picture but this is using textured paper and it makes it look really good.CLICK HERE to get the template for this card!

I thought my baby girl dress card needed a partner so I made little boy overalls. How cute would these be together if someone had twins?!To get the free template for the baby dress card CLICK HERE!To see their parents card CLICK HERE!

I have seen envelopes like this using a heart so I thought I would do it with a butterfly! Then of course I had to make a card to go with it!This uses the cottage wall DSP and the new Beautiful Wings embosslits die in the Mini Catalog. To make an envelope that will fit a 4 1/4" square card you need a 6 1/2" DSP. Then just fold the corners in to meet in the middle and put on your butterflies! Fold it closed like you would fold a cardboard box top.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

I thought I would go one step further than the onesie card so here is my baby dress card! I did not have a template when I did this, I just cut and trimmed as I went, so I came up with this template from the pictures. This template is very rough! You have to cut on the inside of the heavy black outline and you fold the card on the line going down the center.

I am in Christina Crawford'sdownline and she chose me to be her featured artist for next month! I have to create about 25 projects focusing on certain stamp sets. I chose all of mine from the Occasions Mini Catalog and they are; Well Scripted, Fox & Friends and Tote-ally Tess. I used other stamp sets with them but they will be in all of the projects.Here is another card for this! To see them all CLICK HERE!

Below is how to make the frame with the Top Note die and the crimped flower:For the too note frame:Punch out a top note shape.

Fold it in half the short way. Place it back on the top note die above the short side to cut out the inside of the frame.

Now you have this. Open up the outside part and this will be your frame.

If you don't want to see the corner creases, spray it with alcohol and put it through with a texture plate and it will flatten out and give it some texture.

For the crimped flower you need a 1" or so x 12" piece of DSP. Put your scallop trim edge on it and put it through your crimper a number of times to soften up the paper. The last time leave it crimped.

Punch out a scrap circle and put sticky tape on it.

Scrunching up the bottom of the paper, wrap it around the circle to make the flower.

Keep wrapping from the outside in.

Once you are finished you can put a button or other embellishment in the center!

I was thinking of this last night while I should have been sleeping. I love how this came out! It pulls out perfectly!I used the dimensions for the slider card on splitcoast but I made the pull out pages a little longer. The large yellow head is put on with a dimensional to the slider paper in the middle so it pulls out. The small yellow circle is glued to the front of the card hiding under it.The only thing I would do differently next time is glue the antennae with wire to the head so you see them on the front too.

You can get the tutorial for the slider card on Splitcoast by CLICKING HERE.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

This large sized explosion box is the perfect way to send a gift to that special someone!This is a very easy box to make and uses the Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper from the new Occasions Mini Catalog!You can leave the box to open all the way up and design the inside or tape the sides closed to stay as a box, your choice! Box measures 4" x 4" x 4".CLICK HERE to see more details or to purchase the directions!

I saw this saying while I was making my fish bowl and I just couldn't help it.The fish is from the retired Just Beachy stamp set. The bowl and the vellum are punched with the 1 3/4" circle punch. The top vellum is a shortened word window. The top of the water is cut out with a 1/2" circle punch.

I am in Christina Crawford'sdownline and she chose me to be her featured artist for next month! I have to create about 25 projects focusing on certain stamp sets. I chose all of mine from the Occasions Mini Catalog and they are; Well Scripted, Fox & Friends and Tote-ally Tess. I used other stamp sets with them but they will be in all of the projects.Here are two more cards for this! To see them all CLICK HERE!

I am in Christina Crawford'sdownline and she chose me to be her featured artist for next month! I have to create about 25 projects focusing on certain stamp sets. I chose all of mine from the Occasions Mini Catalog and they are; Well Scripted, Fox & Friends and Tote-ally Tess. I used other stamp sets with them but they will be in all of the projects.Here is another card for this! To see them all CLICK HERE!

You can see the tutorial for the double slider technique by CLICKING HERE.

I saw a stamp like this in a magazine and I just couldn't help but make them with punches! We like to camp and have fires and my kids love s'mores so I thought this was great.The marshmallow top is the Large oval punch. The shoes and eyes are the heart to heart punch. The chocolate bar is just one square punch inside another. The chocolate bar nose is a shortened word window.

Monday, February 1, 2010

I am in Christina Crawford'sdownline and she chose me to be her featured artist for next month! I have to create about 25 projects focusing on certain stamp sets. I chose all of mine from the Occasions Mini Catalog and they are; Well Scripted, Fox & Friends and Tote-ally Tess. I used other stamp sets with them but they will be in all of the projects.Here are two of the cards for this! To see them all CLICK HERE!

I just had to make a card so I could make my tackle box into a tool box! I have not completed the rest of the box yet in red and black but I will post it when I do! This card is using the Totally Tool stamp set.

Here is a picture of the tackle box in the fishing colors. It would be so cute with a red box and a black inside drawer!CLICK HERE to see the rest of the tackle box pictures and to get the directions to make it!

I just had to share this... I did this sign for my daughter Ashley, who is 4, and sits and crafts with me all the time. It is all out of paper and some of it is punches. The paper clips and the scissor blades use the Word Window punch. The scissor handles are the Large and Small Oval punches. The pencils also use the word window punch and the paper uses the Spiral Punch. We are going to put it on the wall near Ashley's work station.

I got inspired by the colors in this challenge and that you had to use ribbon for it.

This is the card that I came up with!

I dyed the flowers from the pretties kit and the butterflies are made out of ribbon! I have done them before but I thought I would try one with double ribbon. I thought they came out pretty good.CLICK HERE to see more details about the challenge.

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I am a stay at home mom with two kids who does architectural design. I have my own firm, Pratt Design, that I run from my house. I am also a Stampin' Up Independent Demonstrator that loves anything crafty! Enjoy my blog!